Furniture-bumper.



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ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 2'; 1915.-..-

vv; ILREINES. FURNITURE BUMPER.

APPLICATION FIL ED M'AR. 25, 1915.

. /V/f//f VI/IIIim Hemes WIM/58858 WILLIAM HENRY Heines, or NEW YORK, N.Y. f

FURNITURELBUMPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Applicationvled March 25, 1915. S'eIalNo. y

To all-whom it may concern Beit known that I, WILLIAM H. HEIN-ns, acitizen of the United States, and a. resident of the city' of New York,Richmond Hill, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Furniture-Bumper, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and

exact descriptionl Among the principal objects which the presentinvention has in view are: to prevent articles of furniture from marringthe side walls of a building; to provide detachable ixtures of thecharacter mentioned of simplified construction and reduced cost; and toprovide means for adjusting the operating condition of bumpers of thecharacter mentioned.

Drawings-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a,section of a. bedstead havinga bumper applied thereto, said bumper being constructed and arrangedinaccordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 shows a section of achair having an improved bumper attached to one of the legs thereof;Fig. 3 is a detached viewl of a bumper constructed and arranged inaccordance with the present 1nvention; Fig. 4 is-a section taken on theline 4 4 in Fig. 3; Fig. 5y is a detail view on 'an enlarged scale,showing a modified form of the bumper and the adjusting socket therefor.j

Description-ners seen in the drawings, the

- bumper when constructed and arranged in accordance with -the presentinvention, is provided with a resilient clamping ring 10. The ends ofthe material forming the ring are outturned to form tabs. 11, which -areperforated in line to permit the extension therethrough of a bolt 12.The bolt 12 has operatively mounted thereon a nut 13, the manipulation0f which draws the tabs 11 together and contracts the ring 10. Extendingfrom Vthe ring 10, and preferably at a position opposite the location ofthe tabs 11, is a boss 14. The boss 14 is rigidly connected to the ring10, any suitable and conventional method of mounting said boss on saidring being employed. The boss 14 is provided withv aninternalscrew-thread 15 adapted to engage the threads of a wooden screw 16. Thescrew 16 has secured at the outer end thereof a rubber button 17. Thebutton 1T` may be constructed of material other than rubber if desired.It may also be remcvably mounted on the screw 16, though it 1s pre- 'fPatented Nov. 2', 1915.

ferred that the union between said screw 'and said button be madepermanent.l

It will be understood that the screw 16 may be constructed of metalif'so desired. In any event it is preferred that the pitch of the'screwshall be what is known as course, to facilitate and quicken theadjustment of said screw in the boss 14. it being intended that theadjustment shall be effectedby turning the screw, using the thumb c andfinger for this purpose.

1n the preferred form shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings there has beensubstituted for the screw 11G a pintle 18. At the outer end of thepintle 18 a soft button 19 is mounted, said button being provided with ashank 2() to fit a socket formed in theend of the pintle 18. At theopposite extreme of the pintle 18, a screw-threaded section 21 isformed, which is provided with a saw-cut :22 to receive a screw-driveror other tool for turning the screw-threadedsection 21 and pintle 18connected therewith. The saw-cut 22, when the pintle 18' is in adjustedposition, normally rests within the socket of a boss Then employingbumpers of the modified construction, it becomes .necessary to removethe same from the article of furniture tov gain access to the saw-cut2Q, whereby the adjustment of the'bumper is effected. It will beunderstood in this connection that the scre\'vthreaded section 21 fitsthe thread formed in the boss :23 closer than the thread on the screw 1Gfits the' thread l5 in the boss 14. To guide the pintle 18 the end ofthe boss 23 is closed by a perforated wall 24, as shown in Fig. 5 of thedrawings..

Claims:

1. A' furniture4 bumper comprising a socket member; a clamping ringrigidly attached to said member; a shaft adjustably mounted in saidmember; and a yielding button mounted on the =exposed end of said shaft.

A .furniture bumper comprising an open-ended socket; a' clamping` ringrigidly mounted thereon; means fol contracting said ring; a shaftmounted in said socket to move lengthwise thereof: means for holdingsaid shaftin adjusted position; and a fender button formed from yieldingmaiterial, said button heilig mounted upon the screw-threaded socket g'a clamping ring rigv 5 4. Av vfurniture bumpel idly attached'thereto; ascrew' mounted in, to'exte'nd from, said socket; and a yielding' fenderAbutton mounted on the exposed end of said screw.

omplisng fa, vscrew-thneeded socket; a' clamping ring rigidlyattachedthereto; n screw mounted in, to Vextend from, saidsocket; ayielding fender v-'button mounted on the exposed end of said.

i0 screw; and means for rotating said sorew to adjust the operatingposition of said button, said means being ooessible from the inner endyof said sockel;v only.

In testimony whereof have signed my name to this specicntion in thepresence of 15 two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY HEINES.

Witnessesz'i l Y F. A. CARTER, CHAS. C. ILLERS. l

